The Real Brahms Is Nothing More Than

Emotional Excitement Reaches Men Through Tea, Tobacco, Opium, Whisky, And Religion.

Two People Getting Together To Write A Book Is Like Three People Getting Together To Have A Baby. One Of Them Is Superfluous.

The Technical History Of Modern Harmony Is A History Of Growth Of Toleration By The Human Ear Of Chords That At First Sounded Discordant And Senseless To The Main Body Of Contemporary Professional Musicians.

People Must Not Be Forced To Adopt Me As Their Favourite Author, Even For Their Own Good.

My Schooling Not Only Failed To Teach Me What It Professed To Be Teaching, But Prevented Me From Being Educated To An Extent Which Infuriates Me When I Think Of All I Might Have Learned At Home By Myself.